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AWARDS

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Langley Camera Club Awards

Evaluation Night Awards

Langley Camera Club members are eligible for many different awards that recognize photographic excellence, growth and achievement. Awards are presented at a special meeting in the fall.

Award recipients for 2022-2023

Award recipients for 2021-2022

This award is available to all members who finish in June at Advancement Levels 1-3 and submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Projected Images in the current season. It acknowledges proficiency in Projected images made by Novice Club members.

Members enter projected images (digital or slide) to the monthly Evaluation Night. Only their highest projected score for each month is counted towards this award.

Each member’s highest projected scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June.

The member with the top score will be awarded the LCC Novice Projected trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

This award is available to all members who finish in June at Advancement Levels 4-6 and submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Projected Images in the current season. It acknowledges proficiency in Projected images made by Experienced Club members.

Members enter projected images (digital or slide) to the monthly Evaluation Night. Only their highest projected score for each month is counted towards this award.

Each member’s highest projected scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June.

The member with the top score will be awarded the LCC Experienced Projected trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

This award is available to all members who finish in June at Advancement Levels 7-10 and submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Projected Images in the current season. It acknowledges proficiency in Projected images made by Expert Club members.

Members enter projected images (digital or slide) to the monthly Evaluation Night. Only their highest projected score for each month is counted towards this award.

Each member’s highest projected scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June.

The member with the top score will be awarded the Expert Projected Award trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

When a member advances to Level 10 they will receive, upon application by the Langley Camera Club to the Canadian Association for Photographic Arts, a CAPA Medal of Excellence.

This award is available to all members who submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Print images in the current season and acknowledges proficiency in Print images. Members enter prints to the monthly Evaluation Night.  Only their highest print score for each month is counted towards this award.

Each member’s highest print scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June. The member with the top score will be awarded the Max Jamison Print trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

This is a Monthly Evaluation Night Award

As a tribute to her years as a contributor to the club and to recognize her incredible photographic talent, the executive decided to implement and with her permission, a Judy Daniels Ribbon of Excellence. This means that on each month we have Evaluation Night, should an image achieve a score of 5 Points or Greater than the average Evaluation Night image score , the maker will receive a Judy Daniels Ribbon of Excellence.

Notwithstanding these criteria, the minimum threshold shall be 27 points and the maximum 30 points as per the table below.  This ribbon is a very high honour and reflects the amazing photography of our past member and friend.

If The Average Score Is: JD Ribbon Threshold (Avg+5)
0 – 22 27 (The fixed minimum)
23 28
24 29
25 – 30 30 (The fixed maximum)

Other Awards

The Langley Camera Club participates in Outside Competitions sponsored through the Canadian Association for Photographic Art and/or individual camera clubs approximately a dozen times per season. All members are encouraged to participate and submit images for the selection process.

(Images that have been submitted to Inside Competitions may also be submitted for club entries for Outside Competitions.)

Members that have their image selected as part of the Club submission receive the score awarded to them from that competition. Members that submitted images for consideration but were not selected receive 10 points to acknowledge their participation in the competition.

Should any image submitted for judging to an Outside (external) Club Competition be disqualified by any of the Langley Camera Club Outside Competition Coordinator or the Selection Committee judges or, if not by these, by the administrators or judges of any Outside Competition, the image maker will not receive 10 points for entering that outside competition. 

Notwithstanding these scores received, in order to qualify for the award members must submit images to a minimum of 50% (rounded down) of the competitions made available in any year by the Club and must have at least one of their image submissions during the year selected to be part of a Club entry in an Outside Competition.

Retroactive to September 01, 2023 for the purpose of recording judged scores for an External Competition in the event that any external competition is not scored out of “30” an adjusted score rounded to the nearest half point will be determined by multiplying the published competition score by a factor equal to 30 divided by the maximum possible score in that competition.

Each participating member’s scores from these Outside Competitions will be added together at the end of June.

The member whose Outside Competitions Aggregate Score is the highest will be awarded the LCC Outside Competition trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

This award is available to all members (excluding first year members) who submit images a minimum of 7 Evaluation Nights in each of the previous and current seasons.

Each member’s average score is calculated by dividing their aggregate score by the number of months in which images were submitted (minimum 7). The award will go to the person with the largest percent increase between their highest average score last season and their highest average score this season.

The member with the most improvement will be awarded the Most Improved Member trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

To be considered for this award, new members must have submitted images in at least six Evaluation Nights in their first ten consecutive Club months of membership commencing with the month in which they become an active member and ending in the current club year. Only the highest scoring image in each evaluation is tallied.

The beginning of the 10 month eligibility period for the New Member Award is defined as the earlier of either the first month in which the new member submits an image or the first month following the month in which the new member officially joins the Langley Camera Club and in which an Evaluation Night occurs.

The average score is calculated by dividing their Aggregate Score for their first 10 consecutive months of active membership by the number of those months in which images were submitted (minimum six). The award goes to the new member with the highest average score. 

The new member with the highest average score will be awarded the New Member Trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee. 

The Chris Sheffield Club Service Award is presented to an active Langley Camera Club member who embodies the spirit of the LCC Objective.

“The Langley Camera Club (LCC) objective is to promote and advance photography as an art form, to relax and enjoy photography with friendly associates, to be active in our hobby and promote friendly competition, to provide instruction and helpful advice, to encourage members to stay active, produce new work, to improve on existing and ever changing new techniques and to exhibit photographic work of club members – both in club and outside the club.” 

The recipient must be an active Langley Camera Club member in good standing for at least the past three years. No member can receive the Chris Sheffield Club Services Award more than once. With observations made over a minimum of three years the following criteria should be considered for those nominated:

  • Is the candidate a great role model as an active member?
  • Has the candidate inspired others by taking on leadership roles in activities such as Executive positions, committees, workshops, outings, tutorials, member showcases and special interest groups?
  • Has the candidate contributed outstanding service to the Club in other areas such as physical setups; computer and/or audio-visual technology, social events and food preparation; and/or taking on active roles such as master of ceremonies or Announcer?

In May of each year the Awards Committee will ask the membership to submit nominations for the Chris Sheffield Club Services Award. Such nominations must be submitted on a nomination form, which is made available to the membership and includes an opportunity to provide reasons why the member is being nominated. Members of the Awards Committee are permitted to nominate candidates and all Club members may nominate themselves for this award. The Awards Committee will publish a deadline for submission of nominations.

The Awards Committee will consider all nominated candidates and recommend a winner to the Executive Committee for their approval. The winner will receive the Chris Sheffield Club Services Award Trophy and will receive a certificate.

List of past award recipients.

Season End Acknowledgements
  • All members with images scoring 26 or better will be acknowledged in a slide show.
  • All members submitting an image every month will be acknowledged.
  • All members achieving a Judy Daniels Ribbon will be acknowledged.

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